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Comments The beginning...
aka how to start with pixel art
After I got a Daily Deviation for How to make a victorian house? I decided to make a tutorial series about pixel art. As always you have to start from the beginning and this is it, tutorial about how to start with pixel art. As some of you don't have a photoshop then I decided to make this tutorial about pixel art and MS Paint. I hope you enjoy it.
Contact If you think that you didn't understand this tutorial fully then you can always send me a note and I will answer to you.
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Vanmall Pixel Art Tutorial Series Guide 
Pixel Art Basics
How to start with pixel art Difference between isometric and non-isometric pixel art How to dither in pixel art How to make shadows and light sources in pixel art How to add textures to pixel art How to make a pixel transparency How to save pixel art How to make round objects in pixel art How to use reference in pixel art How to replace colors easily (MS Paint) Pixel Art Exterior How to make a victorian house? How to make a pixel tree How to make a pixel roof How to make a pixel house 1 How to make a pixel house 2 Pixel Art Interior How to make a pixel bed How to make a pixel chair How to make a pixel table How to make a pixel couch How to make a pixel tile How to make a pixel countertop How to make a pixel refrigerator How to make a pixel bar stool How to make a pixel stove How to make a pixel flowerpot How to make a pixel lamp How to make a pixel nightstand How to make a pixel aquarium How to make a pixel fireplace How to make a pixel cupboard How to make a pixel carpet How to make pixel curtains How to make a pixel kitchen How to make a pixel bedroom How to make a pixel living room Pixel Art Characters How to make a pixel eminem 1 How to make a pixel eminem 2 How to make a small pixel character/sprite Pixel Art Text How to make pixel text Pixel Art Objects How to make a pixel gemstone How to make a pixel flower Pixel Art Premium Basics of Pixel Art Pixel Art Tutorial Series is currently the most popular thing on my page. The idea behind this is to take suggestions from the community and try to make a tutorial out of these things, helping out fellow deviants along the way. You can also find my pixel art tutorials in groups like #TutorialsForYou , #TutorialsClub and #PixelCommunity .
Here is a list of tutorials in my Pixel Art Tutorial Series, tutorials which are underlined and bold are already ready tutorials that you can read, other tutorials without the underline are tutorials that will be posted in deviantART in near future.
You can also suggest new pixel art tutorial series by commenting on my profile page, on these tutorials or by sending me a note.
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This tutorials are very helpful! Thanks a lot!!
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uhmm...can i use the paint in Windows 7 ultimate? and ..what's GraphicsGale??
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Windows 7 paint is quite bad for pixel art because they changed a lot of tools. GraphicsGale is a similar program but much better for pixel art, it is also free. So I would recommend it.
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oh ..i see now, thanks for telling me ^_^ your a big help~ i'll ask again if i came up with something i'm not yet familiarize 
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thanks a lot again~ ..now my only problem is how i used it 
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i downloaded a Graphicsgale..and i figured out that it has so many things to do that made me think what should i do first...i'm sorry i'm really a slow learner i guess...
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What would you want to do with it?
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i want to try to make one~
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Were are you stuck with it?
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it's just that..i don't know where to begin with..
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If you want to make pixel art with it then pen tool and line tool are the tools to use. Everything goes from there on.
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Can I do pixel art without actual pixels? Like on paper o3o
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Pixel is more of a computer term and you can create pixels in art form only with computer software.
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Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial!
Mine ended up looking a bit rectangular but that was my fault
Thanks again will definitely look out for more of your stuff if it comes out!
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thx ı was looking for a tutoral like this
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HUGE THANKYS for your tutorials! I always wanted to learn how to do pixel-arts, and these arte the best tutorials I've found on the internet! THANK YOU!!!!
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Is it possible to do this in Photoshop?
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Indeed it is. You just have to use your pen tool (or pencil, however it is called).
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I am just starting with pixelsart, and this is very helpful! Thanks!
And to the person that asks about GIMP tutorials (Foreststone), I did this on GIMP, there is no difference, really.
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Pretty awesome tutorial!
But as a totally newbie to paint etc I can't figure out how to get the eraser smaller than 4x4...
and how can I change the white background to transparent to get just the cube and not the whole white background with it?
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What version of paint are you using?
What's your operating system?
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Paint Version 6.2 (Build9200)
Operating System: Windows 8
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This is the new paint that they introduced with windows 7, totally useless.
They took away most of the features that made it good for pixel art. So I think you can't make it smaller.
Also, paint doesn't support transparency. If you are into pixel art and are ready to learn a new program then I advice you to use GraphicsGale.
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Thanks for your help! Hopefully I'll be able to find some basic tuts for GraphicsGale!
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This is really helpful
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Thank you very much
It helped a lot!
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When you call yourself an artist but cant follow the tutorial..
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